Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-30
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Thrilling Adventure Of Dakota Ed
ftor--A Rivaps Version.

THRILLING Adventure OF DakOta Eo-
ftor--A Rivals Version.
The editor of the Harvey Hooter has
Just had an adventure. of the most lively
description. Listen to him:
The editor of this paper is again the
victim of vile conspiracy; this time on
the part Of bloated and arrogant cor.
poration.
Thursday night we were returning
home from meeting some friends at the
Two Orphans saloon and had crossed the
railroad track just before the o'clock a.
m. freight train came along. We had
proceeded about block before the en-
CINE reached the crossing When it came
to that, instead of going on to the depot,
as is, of course. the usual custom, it sud,
denly jumped the track and came after
us with terrible shrek OF its whistle
and an unearthly changing of the bell.
1--WE Immediately struck up Pacific
avenue, not. of course, wishing to come
into hand to>hand conflict with loco,
motive. only glanciDg over our shoulder
long enough TO observe that the head
light was magnlfed to four times its usu
al brillisncy, and that it was flashing and
going out with terrible rapidity, while
the engine was bounding up and down
along the rough street and making Wig
orous leaps at US. We suppose the rec
ord made going up that street has never
been beaten west of the Missouri river.
We tore along without stopping to
breathe. but the engine steadily gained
on us and shrieked and snorted with
hideous intensity, and it seemed as Ii it
must oyertake US every moment and
crush US under its IRON wheels
THE headlight, from some unaccount-
| able reason. would fash with dazzling
brilhancy and then go out and leave
everything in utter darkness. The sick
ening shrieking of the whistle, the snort
of the escaping steam. and the crash and
roar of the long train of freight cars as
they were dragged along the street made
the very blood run cold in our veins"
Suddenly, during one of the terrible
flashes, we saw the fireman crawl back
and uncouple the cars. The engine
leaped forward with new life, and We i'll
stantly saw we could never reach home,
so lodged into an alley and crawled un-
der Nick Boswell's livery barn We
could plainly hear the locomotive prowl>
ing around till nearly sunrise, kissing and
roaring and trying to devise some means
to get at us; but we had outwitled it.
Friends rescued US later in the day
| 1--WE denounee the action OF the rails
road company in thus allowing It's rail
road property and employees to hunt
harmless and private citizens, as if they
were wild beasts, in the strongest terms,
and will see that it is called to account.
In this connection, we also wish to brand
the cowardly statement made in yester-
| days Heaeler, as vile and unprincipled
lies. The account of the affair, pubs
lished in that contemplate opposition
sheet, is so ridiculous and obviously false
in every particular that we print it below
entire, that our readers may see the uttel
absurdity of what the poor, driveling ga
loot says" Here it is:
| 1.-The citizens of Harvey were awak.
ened at an early hour this morning by the
demoniacal cries of an individual. who
proved TO be none other that the editor Of
our esteemed contemporary. the Hoote-
1t seems that he had been in attendance
at the opening of the Two Orphans
saloon, and the usual free drinks hat
been too much for him. Just after HI
crossed the railroad track FREELY flew
| out from some bushes and came TOWARD
him, and be, mistaking it for the head
light of locomotive. rushed up the stree
splitting the air of night with disgusting
howls for mercy. He finally crawlet
under livery barn, and was pulled on
about noon by the legs. How mucl
longer are our people going to allow thi
low.lived, drunken body -snatcher to ex
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